A/HRC/41/7/Add.1 1. The Government of Viet Nam fully supports and attaches great importance to the UPR process. Viet Nam welcomes the open, frank and constructive participation of many countries and other stakeholders in its 3rd cycle review, especially during the 32nd session of the Working Group on UPR of UN-HRC in January 2019, where we had the opportunity to engage in dialogue with 122 countries and received 291 recommendations for consideration. 2. Viet Nam appreciates the careful study and objective recognition by many countries of the efforts and achievements of Viet Nam in the field of human rights. This exercise produced recommendations spreading over a large spectrum, from rule-of-law reinforcement, legal reform, anti-corruption, strengthening sustainable development, human rights education and awareness-raising, to promoting human rights dialogue and cooperation, undertaking obligations under international human rights conventions and considering the possibility of and preparing for adherence to other conventions on human rights. There are also many thoughtful and action-oriented recommendations related to poverty reduction, bridging inequalities and climate change adaptation. Effectively, this spectrum covers all Viet Nam’s human rights endeavours in the coming time. 3. With that in mind, the Government of Viet Nam, with the engagement of all relevant agencies, has thoroughly examined all 291 recommendations and solemnly announces its acceptance of 241 recommendations, of which 220 are fully accepted and 21 are accepted in part. 4. These accepted recommendations correspond to Viet Nam current commitments and circumstances, including the 2013 Constitution, current legal framework and the 2016-2021 Action Plan of the Government. Many of the accepted recommendations will be realised by measures set out in Viet Nam’s National Action Plan for implementing Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development. The examination also shows that accepted recommendations can be efficiently integrated in numerous respective policies, National Strategies and Target Programmes, including those on Sustainable Poverty Reduction, New Rural Development, Providing Care and Improving Public Health, Gender Equality, Preventing Domestic Violence, Rehabilitation Development, etc. 5. Measures in accepted recommendations on promoting international dialogue and cooperation on human rights, including further contributing to the discussion on climate change and human rights at the UN-HRC and considering adherence to more international legal instruments on human rights are also complementary to the continued efforts of Viet Nam in this regard. 6. Based on good practice of previous cycles, a National Plan of Action would be endorsed to ensure the effective implementation of the accepted recommendations. It should also be noted that some steps in accepted recommendations may actually require further reviewing, amending or newly adopting laws. Their implementation will be in line with Viet Nam’s current effective legal framework and plans for legal reform. 7. As per recommendations or elements that did not enjoy Viet Nam’s acceptance in this cycle, the examination shows some similarities among them that hinder acceptance and implementation. 8. A little number of recommendations, including No.55, 175, 177, 211, 209, 216, 278 (or some parts of recommendations No. 80, 194, 202, 214) use contentious terms that do not reflect the consensus of UN Member States, or imply assessments that are inaccurate or alien to the reality in Viet Nam, or being improper vis-à-vis the right of self-determination enshrined in the ICCPR1, by the virtue of which the people of Viet Nam freely determined their political status. 1 2 Article 1.1 of the ICCPR: “All peoples have the right to self-determination. By the virtue of that right they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development.”